The Bonus Worldhttp://combobroken.kinja.comKinja RSSenI'm Just Not Good Enough for Absolverhttps://tay.kinja.com/im-just-not-good-enough-for-absolver-1798665072

I suppose the most direct analogue to Absolver would be the Dark
Souls series. I haven’t played enough of either games to make that
connection myself, but at a cursory glance they seem to share a lot
of the same mechanics. This is troubling for me because I’ve never
been a fan of the Dark Souls games, mostly because…

Behold The Kickmen is an incredibly accurate representation of what soccer is, if it was described to you in a foreign language, from space. Now, I don’t claim to be a sports enthusiast. I used to play football and basketball when I was younger, but those days are long behind me. Occasionally I’ll dip my toes into an…

]]>behold the kickmentayclassicFri, 28 Jul 2017 18:43:00 GMT1797342960What is For The King?https://tay.kinja.com/what-is-for-the-king-1795112870

My
first introduction to For The King was while looking for a
cooperative RPG for my friends and I to play together. Surprisingly
enough, there weren’t as many options in our price range as I would
have expected. So when we saw it sporting an incredibly modest price
tag of $14.99 as well as having online cooperative…

]]>for the kingThu, 11 May 2017 03:23:44 GMT1795112870Night in the Woods Reviewhttps://tay.kinja.com/night-in-the-woods-review-1792659763

I didn’t expect
Night in the Woods to hit me as hard as it did. What on the surface
seemed like a simple, charming and beautiful adventure game, turned
out to be an extremely emotional journey which resonated with me on
an almost too personal level.

I’ve been staring at this copy of Nioh for about a week now,
waiting for the right moment to start it up and really put some time
into it. There’s been no shortage of opportunities for me to
begin, like right now for instance, but I haven’t yet and probably
won’t for a while. That goes for the other games I just…

If you had asked me to describe Astroneer, you’d probably be disappointed and generally uninterested in it. That’s because at it’s core it is an early access, space exploration, crafting and survival game. I’d completely understand if that sentence turned you off, but I promise you, Astroneer is different.

According to Steam, I’ve put about 55 hours into Cities: Skylines. While that may not seem like that much in the grand scheme of things, it’s way more than I have any right to have clocked. Because even after 55 hours of playing this fantastic city builder that Colossal Order has made, not one second of that time…

Do you remember back in 2010 when Mafia 2 was released? It was met with a ton of praise in regards to its story, world building, and characterization. The biggest complaints volleyed against it however, were in it’s mechanics and empty world. Six years later, Mafia 3 treads the exact same path. At its best, Mafia…

It’s hard not to have a greater discussion about managing expectations when talking about No Man’s Sky, and for good reason too. No Man’s Sky is the fifth game from indie developer, Hello Games, but the first of theirs that doesn’t involve motorcycles and stunts.

Sometimes my mind wanders and I think about what the high school version of myself would say about where my life has ended up. If I could go back in time I’d hope the younger me would heed my warnings, pick a direction and stick with it. Then I remember that I was a little shithead who never took anything seriously…